A female Democratic lawmaker accused Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., of “mansplaining” legislation to her after he referred to her as the naive “young lady from Washington” during a Judiciary Committee hearing.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called out Issa on Twitter on Wednesday following the dispute over the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017, which would allow farmers to hire experienced foreign workers when Americans aren’t available.
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